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enGreat Advocacy Means Carrying the Messagehttp://www.naahq.org/read/aptly-spoken-blog/great-advocacy-means-carrying-message
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Apartment Industry Advocates,</p>
<p>Mark your calendars and make your travel arrangements for the 2017 NAA Capitol Conference and Lobby Day which will take place March 7 and 8 in Washington, D.C. The Capitol Conference will start after lunch on March 7 with an issues orientation and advocacy training session. We will train you to be an effective advocate for the apartment industry through this high-impact programming, including a presentation by presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin, our keynote speaker. </p></div></div></div><span property="dc:title" content="Great Advocacy Means Carrying the Message" class="rdf-meta"></span>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 19:59:49 +0000001F000001N73x8IAB34489 at http://www.naahq.org“My RPM Story” – Caity Russellhttp://www.naahq.org/read/aptly-spoken-blog/%E2%80%9Cmy-rpm-story%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-caity-russell
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I started my college career in the business administration program at the University of Wisconsin – Stout, but I soon switched to property management on the advice of a mentor. I hoped to work in the business world and learn more about accounting while pursuing my passions for marketing and working with people. Residential property management (RPM) has endless possibilities, encompassing all my interests in one industry.</p></div></div></div><span property="dc:title" content="“My RPM Story” – Caity Russell" class="rdf-meta"></span>Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:27:13 +00000012A00001uVGVoQAO34442 at http://www.naahq.orgUnpacking the Meaning of a Trump Administration for Apartment Housinghttp://www.naahq.org/read/aptly-spoken-blog/unpacking-meaning-trump-administration-apartment-housing
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Uncertainty dominated the commentary written by key real estate analysts trying to forecast how the apartment industry and economy overall will be affected by the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. President.</p>
<p>Most industry groups, admittedly, said they were caught off guard by the result, and they, no doubt, will continue to analyze the situation between now and Inauguration Day.</p></div></div></div><span property="dc:title" content="Unpacking the Meaning of a Trump Administration for Apartment Housing" class="rdf-meta"></span>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:28:05 +000034367 at http://www.naahq.orgPost-Election Outlook Remains Mixed for the Apartment Industryhttp://www.naahq.org/read/aptly-spoken-blog/post-election-outlook-remains-mixed-apartment-industry
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Apartment Industry Advocates,<br /><br />Add my name to the long list of individuals who did not take the candidacy of Donald Trump seriously and publically doubted whether could win a Presidential general election. My sin is even greater since I am inside the beltway and in “the business” of politics and policy. This is my job! How could I have not seen this coming? <br /></p></div></div></div><span property="dc:title" content="Post-Election Outlook Remains Mixed for the Apartment Industry" class="rdf-meta"></span>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 23:32:29 +0000001F000001N73x8IAB34361 at http://www.naahq.org“My RPM Story” – Carrie Rileyhttp://www.naahq.org/read/aptly-spoken-blog/%E2%80%9Cmy-rpm-story%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-carrie-riley
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Military spouses move. And move. And move again. Sometimes you get lucky and stay somewhere for a few years — but usually you don’t. (We sometimes moved before even a year had gone by.) But one comfort of each move was knowing that I would be able to find a job in the RPM industry at the next duty station, because there are apartments everywhere — no matter where you end up. And when you work in or near a military installation, you’ll find that those communities have turnover more frequently because of the transient military population.</p></div></div></div><span property="dc:title" content="“My RPM Story” – Carrie Riley" class="rdf-meta"></span>Wed, 16 Nov 2016 19:04:55 +0000001F000001N6iWNIAZ34366 at http://www.naahq.orgConstruction Costs Are Killing Ushttp://www.naahq.org/read/aptly-spoken-blog/construction-costs-are-killing-us
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It’s conference season! And I did my part by attending three of them within a span of 10 days. At each one, I heard this same sentiment from apartment industry developers, owners and operators, large and small, hailing from the Northeast to Southern California. <br /></p></div></div></div><span property="dc:title" content="Construction Costs Are Killing Us" class="rdf-meta"></span>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 23:10:10 +0000001F000001kdeGcIAI34360 at http://www.naahq.orgThe "Self-Cleaning" Kitchen?http://www.naahq.org/read/aptly-spoken-blog/self-cleaning-kitchen
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="MsoNormal">My favorite season is here: Holiday Cooking Season!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Many residents will begin to ponder recipes that go along with their various family gatherings and functions. This is a fantastic time of year to suggest to residents they use the self-clean function in the oven to be ready for holiday baking.</p></div></div></div><span property="dc:title" content="The &quot;Self-Cleaning&quot; Kitchen?" class="rdf-meta"></span>Tue, 01 Nov 2016 16:54:00 +0000001F000001N7DHhIAN34310 at http://www.naahq.orgApartment Market Pulse: Rents, Values and Occupanices - All Uphttp://www.naahq.org/read/aptly-spoken-blog/apartment-market-pulse-rents-values-and-occupanices-all
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p style="text-align: left;">Rent growth occurred across most markets during the third quarter, averaging 4.7 percent on a year-over-year basis, according to Yardi Matrix. Growth continues to slow, as evidenced by a lone city experiencing double-digit rent growth, Sacramento, compared to four last year at this time. San Francisco, Houston, Denver and New York comprise the handful of markets with rent growth lower than the long-term national average of 2.2 percent, and even negative in the higher-end segment.</p></div></div></div><span property="dc:title" content="Apartment Market Pulse: Rents, Values and Occupanices - All Up" class="rdf-meta"></span>Mon, 24 Oct 2016 17:37:49 +0000001F000001kdeGcIAI34265 at http://www.naahq.orgA Kit Culturehttp://www.naahq.org/read/aptly-spoken-blog/kit-culture
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>If we were to compare the amount of work that a maintenance technician today is required to do at an apartment community, and compare that to 5 years ago; what would the comparison look like?</p>
<p>The most common question I’m asked by community managers is “How long should it take my technician to do &lt;insert task here&gt;.” My scripted answer is not to give an answer. My answer instead is to ask the question: Why?</p></div></div></div><span property="dc:title" content="A Kit Culture" class="rdf-meta"></span>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 16:26:18 +0000001F000001N7DHhIAN34261 at http://www.naahq.org“My RPM Story” – Shelby Goinshttp://www.naahq.org/read/aptly-spoken-blog/%E2%80%9Cmy-rpm-story%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-shelby-goins
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Before beginning my career in residential property management (RPM), I worked in retail while completing my degree. Working in retail gave me experience and a strong appreciation for customer service and sales, and an internship in commercial real estate gave me insight into the RPM industry. <br /></p></div></div></div><span property="dc:title" content="“My RPM Story” – Shelby Goins" class="rdf-meta"></span>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:47:27 +000034238 at http://www.naahq.org